14 



North American Toad. Bufo musicus. 

 Bull- Frog. Ranapipiens, Linn. 



The Menagerie at present contains, 



Quadrupeds 303 



Birds 592 



Reptiles 38 



933 



In the course of the past year, Donations to the Mena- 

 gerie have been made by the President, from whom the So- 

 ciety has received 2 Crested Porcupines, an Ichneumon, 3 

 common Gulls, 1 Eider-Duck, 1 Summer Duck, 2 American 

 Grouse, and 2 Passenger Pigeons : to Sir James C. Smyth 

 we are indebted for 2 specimens of the Chameck Spider 

 Monkey ; we are indebted to Mr. G. Dickson, who pre- 

 sented a Viscacha, also an animal of great rarity and scien- 

 tific interest ; Sir Thomas Baring, Bart., whose gift of a 

 male Reeves' Pheasant, and the liberal manner in which 

 that gift was conferred, have been specially acknowledged 

 by the Society. John Russell Reeves, Esq. has added to 

 his many acts of generous kindness by presenting to the 

 Society a female Reeves' Pheasant, 2 Muntjac Deer, 1 Gray 

 Ichneumon, 1 Ring-necked Pheasant, 3 Japanese Teal, 1 

 Wamee bird, and 2 Chinese Larks. Of the rarer animals in 

 the Menagerie, 2 Capromys were presented by Dr. Poey,Corr. 

 Memb. ; the Yellow-bellied Flying Opossum, [Petauristafla' 

 viventer,) by Lady Maria Stanley ; a Philantomba Ante- 

 lope, by Mr. Mant of Belfast. The Earl of Surrey added 

 to the Menagerie, 2 Emus ; the Earl of Desart, 3 male 

 Capercailzies ; Lieut. Innes, Corresponding Member, 1 Coati 

 Mondi, 1 Crested Curassow, 2 Red Curassows ; Capt. So- 

 ber, 4 Lesser American Flying Squirrels, and 15 American 

 Quails; Col. Pottinger, a female Dshikketai ; S. R. Howell, 

 Esq., 2 Racoons and a Dog-faced Baboon ; Sir John P. 

 Boileau, Bart., V. P., 3 Beavers; C. D. Archibald, Esq., 3 

 Canada Geese, 1 Cinereous Eagle, 3 Ground Squiri-els, 1 

 Hackee Squirrel, 2 Red Foxes, and 1 Black Fox ; Capt. Sim, 

 aRhea; His Excellency Col. Macdonald, C. B., a Fallow 



